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of which may be readily assembled EUGENIE W. WILSON, 0F SPRINGFIELD, ILLIINOIS.

.application tiled J'une 7, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ll, EUGENE W. WILSON, a citizen of the United States of America residing at Springiield, in the county of Sangamon and State of lllinois, have i11- vented certain new and useful Improvements in Packages, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to packages and more particularly to packages for eggs or other fragile articles.

rlhe invention has among the objects thereof to produce a package in which independent seats are provided that will hold the articles out of contact with each other; to provide such a package in which the seats for the articles are yielding so as to avoid, to a material extent, shocks being transmitted to the articles, the yseats however, having sulhcient rigidity to prevent the articles from coming in contact with one another; to provide a package in which the seats will, within certain limits, readily adapt themselves to articles of varying sizes; to provide a sectional package, the sections or taken apart; and further, to provide a package which is Water-proof-and which will revent any liquid accidentally discharged lnto the package from the articles therein, from leaking out of the package'. Other objects of the invention will more fully hereinafter appear.

The invention resides in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

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le a package embodying the invention is adapted for other uses, as it is particularly designed for eggs, l[ will illustrate and describe the invention as embodied in a package for eggs.

ln the drawinga i Figure l is a central, vertical section through a package embodying the invention.;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line m-w of Fig. l and t Fig 3 illustrates a modification.

Referring to the structure shown in Figs. l and 2, A designates a receptacle, preferably formed of metal, the receptacle being herein shown as cylindrical and having a bottom B formed integral with the sides C and `'provided with a removable closure D. Within the receptacle are a plurality of Specification of Letters Patent.

.by opposed sockets.

Serial No. 352,509.

trays E. These trays are preferably formed of metal and are spaced from one another. The peripheries of the trays E are provided with annular flanges F and each of the trays is centrally apertured to engage over a bolt Gr that extends from top to. bottom of the receptacle.

aperture. The anges F and H form spacers for the trays, as will be readily apparent upon reference to Fig. l, rllhe cover D is positioned within the the receptacle and has an annular l acting both to position the cover the sides and also to form a tight joint be= tween the sides and the cover. J is a nut on the upper end of the bolt G and by tightening this nut the trays will be lclamped rigidly within the receptacle. Preferably the bottom B of the receptacle is provided with a struck-up portion K of sumcient size to receive the head L of the bolt so as to position the head L within the plane of the bottom of the receptacle.

In the structure shown in Figs. l and 2, the trays are preferably formed of imperforate metal except for the central apertures. 'lhe seats for the eggs are formed 'llhus as shown, upon each face of each of the trays is secured a layer of yielding material M, preferably rubber, which has formed therein a` plu rality of sockets N. 'l`hese sockets are shaped to nt the article and when employed for receiving eggs, are cup-shaped and preferably slightly tapered. rllhe walls t) of the socket while suciently dange withln suciently firm toproper y hold eggs that do not completely ll the socket. 'llhis permits eggs of various sizes to be indiscriilni-v nately arranged upon the trays.

Assuming the parts are arranged as shown .in Fig. l, when it is desired vto remove one or more trays the nut d is removed and the cover l) withdrawn. '.llhe trays with the eggs thereon can then be lifted out of ther receptacle as desired. While the seats for f the eggs are formed by oppositely-entending rl`he trays are each provided kwith an annular flange H surrounding the yielding to conformV to the contour of the egg are nevertheless.

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fwater-'proof but also is such as to prevent any liquid material leaking out of the'package in case any of the eggsbecome broken.

In the structure 'shown 1n Fig. 3 the receptacle and the arrangement of the trays are Athe same as that described in connection are provided with a plurality of apertures l Q of a size slightly larger than the ends of contact with the sides of' the apertures in the tray. Preferably as shown the edges T of the apertures in the sheet and the edges U of the apertures inthe tray have tapering anges.

' In the structure shown in Fig. 3, instead fof the sockets for adjacent layers of eggs being secured to opposite sides of the tray,

sockets. p 4 Not only does the package embodying the invention provide a very durable structure .metal member, a metallic spacin and one that may be readily assembled or taken apart, but also the articles are properly held in any position of the* package. Thus it is immaterial whether the package is turned wrong side up or rolled upon its side, since the seats will at all times hold the articles against coming in contact with one another.

While I have shown the invention as embodied in a cylindrical package, the shape of the package may be varied as desired.

What I vclaim as my invention is 1. In a package, a tray comprising a sheet rigidly carried by said member an sheets of resilient material secured to opposite faces of said sheet metal member and respectively formed with a plurality of pockets.

2. In a package, a tray comprising a sheet metal member formed with a peripheralv flange l-and a layer of rubber upon each face of sai sheet formed with a 4plurality of article receiving sockets.

. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE .W. SON.

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